From my full name‚ Lesly Alejandra Marroquin‚ I know that a lot of my personal identities can be implied. Such as that I am female and probably Hispanic or Latino. Even if names are thought to be so revealing at the same time they leave a lot hidden. A person’s name and appearance do not delve into their personal identities. I currently identify myself as a second generation Guatemalan-American female. From my identity‚ I choose to leave out that I am white and economically low class. I feel more
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British National Identity among Ethnic Minorities Identity is something many of us don’t think about‚ but it is the main force behind our daily decisions. Britishness is defined as the state or quality of being British. This means that Britishness involves habits‚ behaviors‚ language‚ culture‚ and symbols that are common‚ recognizable‚ and iconic to the United Kingdom. Sometimes however‚ it is hard to define Britishness because it cannot be defined as one thing‚ like many identities‚ it evolves and
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The word Culture has many different meanings and for a long time it only seemed confined to my ethnic background. My teachers in grade school would ask me what my culture was and the first and only thing I would think of is that I’m a white American. Yes‚ that is what I am‚ but also a Woman‚ a sports geek‚ a music lover‚ a California native‚ a waitress‚ a student and many more. From the moment I was born‚ I was put into multiple different culture groups. Some which were by choice while others I chose
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Race‚ Ethnicity‚ nationality‚ and culture are the basis of ethnic studies. Race is an identity given from society based on appearances. People would see as Asian. Ethnicity is where one’s ancestor are originally from. I’m a taishanese descendant. Nationality is the country that one sides with and I’m American. Culture are the ways of being and seeing and I’m culturally Chinese. My racial identity is seen as Asian. All of my life I’ve known and considered myself as Asian. I grew up in an Asian
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“belonged” to any of these groups. Rather‚ it seems like I exist in the way things have always been: in the way my life was always meant to be. Nonetheless‚ the following is my attempt to unearth the scaffoldings that molded me towards this set of identities and to expose the ways in which my pathway through engineering has been (and will be) altered by them. The most complicated of these identities is that of being male. I am as comfortable as it is possible for one to be with the chemical
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is an important aspect of our lives even if we do not realize it because it allows us to gain knowledge of one’s own identity and other peoples’ identities. Through intercultural communication‚ people from different identities can better communicate with each other. In this paper‚ I will take about my own identity in regard to cultural identity‚ social identity and personal identity as well as an article that focus on intercultural research in regard to Muslims‚ civil liberties restrictions‚ terrorism
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CULTURAL ISSUES NO. 1(2000) Ethnic Relations in Peninsular Malaysia: The Cultural and Economic Dimensions Lee Hock Guan SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES NO. 1(2000) August 2000 Ethnic Relations in Peninsular Malaysia: The Cultural and Economic Dimensions Lee Hock Guan ISEAS Fellow © 2000 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISSN 0218-8961 ETHNIC RELATIONS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA: THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS Abstract This paper looks at the changing ethnic relations in Peninsular
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wide world has a constant identity that remains stagnant throughout their lives. Throughout my entire life‚ I have always been experiencing changes regarding my identity. Whether it involves who I associate with‚ how I label myself‚ or where I come from‚ my identity has always been changing; however‚ there are certain aspects of my identity that are more important to me than other aspects of my identity. Because it is unique to me‚ my most imporant aspects of my identity are dance and a lack of a
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directly creates who we are. What I own‚ such as my clothes‚ or my iconic spirit day costumes‚ make my reputation‚ and as a result‚ they make my identity. But it’s not just my clothes that create my identity. My sense of style is just a small portion of my identity because every single tangible possession I own‚ whether a car‚ house or water cup‚ creates my identity. For example‚ the history textbooks that sit on my dresser are a visible indicator of my love for knowledge of the past. And the AP textbooks
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make up our cultural identity. Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. For many people many different things may be the main things to form their own cultural identity. My cultural identity reflects my religion‚ values‚ and music. First off‚ one characteristic to reflect my cultural identity is my religion. Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power‚ especially a personal God or gods. My religion is very important
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